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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Jasper Lindell

She had to fight for her own diagnosis, now she's advocating others in the same boat

Caitlin Tough knew there was something wrong. But she had to battle for more than a decade to get the endometriosis diagnosis she needed.

Ms Tough says that experience - of pain, repeated medical appointments and hospital visits, missing school, and being told to get used to it and stop complaining - means she will always champion women's health.

Caitlin Tough, the newest minister in the ACT government, at the Point Hut Pond District Park in her Brindabella electorate. Picture by Keegan Carroll
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